{"id":381,"date":"2020-01-01T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T18:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamebrain.media\/home\/?p=381"},"modified":"2020-05-09T06:38:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T11:38:02","slug":"in-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamebrain.media\/home\/in-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"In the beginning&#8230; GameBrain.Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>I started this website, youtube &amp; twitch several years ago&#8230; this is a reset.<\/h2>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s how it all began&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>I was playing a games online with one of my buddies for quite a while &amp; along came Ghost Recon Wildlands &amp; it was the BEST co-op game I had ever played.<\/p>\n<p>We started playing via steam voice &amp; quickly moved to discord with a full 4 man crew &amp; it was just non-stop laughs &amp; digital warfare after that!<\/p>\n<p>Since we were basically having more fun we&#8217;d ever experienced in a PC video game, we thought it would be hilarious to watch the game from the <em>&#8220;other guys&#8221;<\/em> perspective &amp; 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